90.7K
Downloads
364
Episodes
As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
The World Economic Forum on blockchain
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
As manufacturing and trade is disrupted by physical distancing rules and quarantine orders across the world, the resilience of supply chains for pharmaceutical and medical supplies, food and industrial and consumer products is in focus.
Deploying blockchain technology could be the answer, according to the World Economic Forum.
Co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by Nadia Hewett, blockchain and digital currency project lead at the World Economic Forum to talk about the new toolkit the organisation rolled out on Tuesday.
In this episode:
Blockchain technology and Covid-19 (0m 38s)
Nadia Hewett on the blockchain 'toolkit' (1m 24s)
Headlines (18m 11s)
Read more on our website:
• Blockchain could be a solution to supply chain problems
In this episode:
Blockchain technology and Covid-19 (0m 38s)
Nadia Hewett on the blockchain 'toolkit' (1m 24s)
Headlines (18m 11s)
Read more on our website:
• Blockchain could be a solution to supply chain problems
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
What do negative oil prices mean and how is Abu Dhabi coping with Covid-19?
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
For the first time in history this week, the US oil price turned negative on Monday, plunging below zero as output exceeded storage capacity and subdued demand due to the coronavirus pandemic grinds the world economy to a halt. What does this mean and where do energy producers go from here?
Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and future editor Kelsey Warner are joined by The National’s energy columnist and chief executive of Qamar Energy, Robin Mills to discuss. Later in the episode, the chief executive of Draper & Dash, Orlando Agrippa, on helping Abu Dhabi with its Covid-19 response through its AI platform, and the next six weeks for the country.
In this episoide:
Robin Mills on the negative oil prices (0m 34s)
How is Abu Dhabi responding to Covid-19? (11m 58s)
Headlines (17m 05s)
Read more on our website:
• How US oil prices tanked into negative territory
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
IMF's Jihad Azour on what to do when we exit the coronavirus crisis
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
From Tehran to Tangiers, there is a devastating toll on human health. Some 140,000 people across the region have been infected with the coronavirus, thousands have died and thankfully tens of thousands have recovered. Meanwhile, the pandemic is causing significant economic turmoil in the region through the twin shocks of disruption to trade and production and plummeting oil prices. The International Monetary Fund says the priority is to save lives as the Middle East and North Africa region face the toughest fight in 100 years. What does the rest of 2020 look like for the region?
Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, are joined by the IMF's Jihad Azour, director for Middle East and Central Asia, and a former Lebanon finance minister, to discuss.
In this episode:
Mustafa and Kelsey on economy (0m 42s)
IMF's Jihad Azour on outlook and response (2m 05s)
Headlines (22m 54s)
Read more on our website:
• Middle East's coronavirus fight is biggest challenge 'in the last 100 years', IMF's Jihad Azour says
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
What does the future hold for NMC Health?
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
NMC Health, one of the largest private healthcare companies in the UAE, is under pressure as dozens of creditors locally and internationally move to mitigate their exposure to the indebted group. Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, are joined by The National's Michael Fahy, who has been covering the unfolding saga.
The 46 year-old company founded by BR Shetty is at risk of going into administration amid allegations of fraud. Management, board members and the founder have parted ways with the company.
Later in the show, an update on how artificial intelligence is underpinning some of the global Covid-19 response, 100 days into the pandemic.
In this episode:
The fate of NMC (0m 42s)
BR Shetty on Finablr listing (16m 05s)
AI and Covid-19 (18m 35s)
Headlines (19m 56s)
Read more on our website:
Version: 20240320